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Calais Life Skills Course Prepares Special Needs Students for Living Safely and Independently as Adults

By |2022-02-11T11:20:15-05:00February 11th, 2022|12 Plus Program, High School|

Students in the Calais School’s high school and 12 Plus program are learning important skills to help them accomplish everyday living tasks on their own.  In a recent life skills lesson, teacher Irene Bellott taught students how to sew a seam [...]

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Calais Celebrates School Choice Week and Calais Pride

By |2022-02-02T14:56:51-05:00February 2nd, 2022|12 Plus Program, Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School, Inspiration, Lower School|

Calais School students are enjoying School Choice Week, with many activities celebrating the reasons students love Calais. And there are so many reasons! When asked what they enjoy about Calais, students say their friends, the caring staff, clubs, the support [...]

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Fostering Confidence Through In-House Work-Based Learning Opportunities

By |2022-02-02T11:50:17-05:00January 31st, 2022|12 Plus Program, Calais Happenings, Class Projects, Inspiration, Social Skills Building, Transition & Career Services|

Students in Calais’s 12 Plus Program participated in in-house Work-Based Learning (WBL) in order to gain confidence and reinforce key skills that they could then apply at off-campus work sites. Devin W., a 12 Plus student at The Calais School, [...]

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2021 – 2022 Parent Advocacy Virtual Conference Hosted by The Alliance of Private Special Education Schools of New Jersey

By |2022-01-26T12:49:45-05:00January 26th, 2022|High School, Inspiration, Lower School, Parent-Teacher Alliance, The Calais Institute|

Following the success of the 2020 virtual conference, the Alliance will again provide a series of virtual ZOOM presentations and workshops for parents for its 2021-2022 Conference. The goal of the renewed series to to ensure that parents and advocates [...]

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Calais Foundation’s End-of-Year Campaign Impacts Calais School

By |2022-02-02T11:49:25-05:00January 24th, 2022|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Extra-curricular activities, Fundraising, Inspiration|

We are excited to announce that together we raised over $4,000 dollars in our 2021 year-end fundraiser. Together we can still reach our $5,000 goal! Your donations, no matter the size, have a direct impact on the students at The [...]

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Calais Foundation President Thanks Donors for Supporting The Calais School

By |2022-01-20T15:22:11-05:00January 20th, 2022|Fundraising, Inspiration|

Dear Calais Foundation Supporters, I wanted to express how grateful The Calais Foundation is for your generous support. Your donations have allowed the Calais School to expand its beloved Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) Program. With two new handlers and two new dogs, [...]

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